Improved method of dressing cut tobacco



G. WALES. METHOD OF DRESSING OUT TOBACCO.

No.7,226. Patented Mar.26,1850.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIDEON WALES, or LIBERTY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED METHOD. OF 'DIR'ESSINGCUT TOBACCO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7,226, dated March 26,1850.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIDEQN Wines, of the town of Liberty, in the countyof Sullivan and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulMachine for Dressing Out Tobacco; and

. I do hereby declarethat the following is a full,

clear, andexact descriptionof the construc tion and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Ais the tube. BBB B are rollers, on which thetube rests. O is a frame or platform sus taining the rollers. F is acog-wheelaround the end of the tube. G is a smaller cog-wheel; H,shafts. I isa crank. J is a pulley. L is a slide-board.- V The nature ofmy invention consists-of a tube with teeth on the inside, having-aninclination below a horizontal line, and through which,

under a slow revolving motion, the tobacco is made to pass.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my machine, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

I make-a tube or barrel (without bulge) of staves sufficiently hooped,from eight to sixteenfeet long, and from sixteen to thirty inches indiameter. The inside is furnished with teeth asnear each other as one-onevery two inches square. The teeth should be of metal from one to twoinch es long, round, sharppointed, and a little hooking, in order tocarrythe tobacco up to "the top, or nearly to the .top, of the tubebefore it falls. Its own gravity causesthe tobacco to be detached fromthe books or teeth, and in leaving them the flakes are pulled apartwithout breaking-the threads of the tobacco. The tube is perforated withholes from one-fourth to five-eighths of an inch in diameter for theescape of the short tobacco. These holes should be as near to-each otheras the teeth a're, and from one-half to the whole length-of the tube.-The tube should be left open at both ends, except a small rim on theinside of the end where the tobacco enters. It is sustainedjon therollers 13 BB B. These rollers should have aninde'ntation' on theirouter surface, into which two of the hoops of the tube should be made.to fit, in order to keep- -it in its proper place. One end of the plat--form, on which the rollers rest, is suspended or hung in the frame-workby bolts or a rod, as at D. The other-end rests on-a rod, as at E. Thetube has an incliifiation below a horizontal line,which inclination maybeincreased or diminished-by raising brlowering the rod at E, in orderto expedite-or'retard the passage of the tobacco through the tube, ascircumpulley JJ, The shaft maybe enlarged and rounded, as at K, andaround and from thisan apron may run to and around another rollerbeneath the cutting-machine to convey the tobacco to thedressing-machine o'rtube; or the tobacco may be putin byhand. -Aslide-board,

L, may be used to carry'the tobacco directly into the tube. The motionof the tube should be slow -s'ay from fifteen to thirty revolutions perminute. V l

Dressing cut tobacco or shaking the flakes apart (especiallythe-fin'e-cut orichewingfis anoperation of great tediousness, and to doit without breaking the threads of the tobacco is the most delicate partof its manufacture, Heretofore it has ever been done by manual -labor. aIt is to save this manual labor and ex- 7 V pedite its performance thatmymachine is intended.

What I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

' The method of dressing cut-tobacco by pass ing it through a revolvingcylinder having holes through it to sift, the. short from thelongpieces, and with hooks or pegs projecting from its inner surfacetoward the center for lifting the threadsof tobacco, as described above.H

r In presence of- HENRY WALES, PETER LAMQREUX.

GIDEON W'ALES. v

